Dai costume (essay)

Dai nationality is a minority in Yunnan province, mainly distributed in Pingba area of the valley in the south and west of Yunnan province. Click here to add pictures to show that Dai Na Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Dai Autonomous Prefecture and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture are the main inhabited areas of Dai people. Dai people live in tropical and subtropical areas, where the climate is warm, the mountains and rivers are dense and the products are rich. Dai costumes also fully reflect these regional characteristics, elegant and beautiful, both practical and decorative, which can quite reflect the national personality of loving life and advocating the beauty of neutrality.

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men's clothing/clothes/garments

women's clothes

Clothing custom

Differences of Dai women's clothing in different places

Especially Shi Pei, Shi Pei

Distinctive national characteristics

men's clothing/clothes/garments

women's clothes

Clothing custom

Differences of Dai women's clothing in different places

Especially Shi Pei, Shi Pei

Distinctive national characteristics

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There is little difference in the costumes of Dai people around the country, and they are generally simple and generous. In fact, it is a small Dai men's costume without a collar or a big heart.

Sleeve coat, wide waist trousers without pockets, plain trousers, white and cyan cloth covers, wool caps, blankets in cold weather, barefoot all year round. This kind of clothing is light and comfortable in farming and makes the wearer look handsome in dancing. It retains the ancient characteristics, such as "clothes facing forward", "wearing a cloth towel on the head, like to hang a backpack with a short knife", but the self-woven "homespun" is rarely used in clothing. Chinese tunic suit and suit have become the fashion of Dai youth. In recent years, small sleeve shirts with lapels and cardigans have appeared, the headscarf has been replaced by pink and green fans, and the pants are still the same. Dai men generally don't wear ornaments, and occasionally find a shiny silver bracelet on their wrists. Gold teeth and silver teeth are their hobbies. They usually pull out their front teeth and replace them with gold or silver dentures. In the past, there was a custom of tattooing, in which liger, Kirin, peacock and other figures or patterns were written on the chest, back, abdomen and limbs to show courage or pray for good luck.

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Dai women pay attention to clothes, pursue lightness, beauty and elegance of clothes, and coordinate the colors of clothes, which are all excellent. It is a remarkable feature of Dai costumes that young women wear long hair on their heads. Dai women wear all kinds of tight underwear, light-colored jackets or Dai women's clothes.

Narrow-sleeved shirts, dressed in uniform skirts with various patterns, Dai women like to tie their long hair into a bun and insert combs, hairpins or flowers on the bun as decoration. Dai women like to wear jewelry, generally made of gold and silver, mostly hollowed out, engraved with exquisite patterns and patterns. Tie a delicate silver belt around your waist. It is said that this silver belt is very precious and has been handed down from generation to generation by my mother. In fact, this is a token. If a girl gives a young man a silver belt, it means that she has fallen in love with him. Such clothes dress them up beautifully and elegantly. Dai women are generally slim, pure and beautiful, graceful and generous, so they are called "golden peacocks". They are not only beautiful, but also good at dressing up, dressing themselves up as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade with unique costumes. Dai women generally like to wear short sleeves and skirts to fully show their slim figure. Wear white or crimson underwear on it, with a tight coat, narrow sleeves and big collar, and double-breasted ones in pink, light yellow, light green, white, sky blue and other colors. Nowadays, it is mostly sewn with georgette, silk, polyester and other materials. Narrow-sleeved jacket tightly wrapped around the arm, almost no gap. Many people also like to sew with flesh-colored materials. If you don't look carefully, you can't see the sleeves. The front and back skirts are waist-high and tightly wrapped around your body. The short-sleeved shirt and skirt are tied with a silver belt, and the skirt is ankle-length. The waist is slim and small, and the hem is wide. This kind of clothing of Dai women fully shows the beauty of women's chest, waist and buttocks. In addition, the fabric used is soft and bright, which gives people a sense of elegance whether walking or doing things. Dai women's youth clothing

Today's Dai women wear a sleeveless and collarless corset with elegant color (Dai women in towns usually wear bras), a sleeveless corset, a tube skirt, a waist-length blouse and a long skirt to the ground. Long skirts are discounted, and the waist is often tied with a silver belt. Obviously, when they are folded, they are folded, which makes women have clear curves and slender lower limbs, showing a slim and graceful figure. Women in cities and towns have rarely wrapped towels, and most of them are tied in a bun at the top, decorated with flower arrangements, pins and cards, which is even more graceful. The colors of the dress are malachite green, light green, fleshy red pink, light yellow and light yellow. Most fabrics are made of thin and soft georgette, polyester or brocade. When going out for a rally or a fair, you should wear fashionable leather shoes and sandals, hang a bag on your elbow, and hold a flower umbrella to keep out the scorching sun and show beautiful and moving style everywhere. Clothing style is developing towards elegance, softness, brightness and elegance on the basis of absorbing the "essence" of traditional clothing. It further shows the colorful characteristics of peacock feathers in the hometown of peacocks.

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Dai costumes are elegant and beautiful, which not only pay attention to practicality, but also have strong decorative meaning, which can reflect the national personality of loving life and advocating the beauty of neutrality. There is little difference in men's wear across the country. Generally, you often wear a collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve coat, long-sleeved trousers and white cloth, pink cloth or blue cloth. Dai women's clothing varies from region to region. Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear all kinds of tight underwear, tight collarless short sleeves, colorful skirts, one foot long, and delicate silver belts; Some Dai women in Dehong also wear colorful big skirts and tops, while others (such as Luxi and Yingjiang) wear white or other light-colored big-breasted tops, trousers and an embroidered waist, and then change to double-breasted tops and skirts after marriage; The "Huayao Dai" in Xinping and Yuanjiang areas wore cardigans and black skirts, which were decorated with colorful strips of cloth and silver bubbles to form various patterns, which were dazzling. All kinds of Dai women's dresses can show the graceful figure of women. Dai women like to wear long hair and tie it on their heads. Some of them are decorated with combs or flowers, some are wearing headscarves, some are wearing tall cylindrical hats, and some are wearing top hats, each with its own beauty and characteristics. Dai costumes with tropical and subtropical scenery also have unique national characteristics. Dai men generally like to wear collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve blouses and long-sleeved trousers, and often cover their heads with white cloth, yonghong cloth or blue cloth. There is a common custom that tattoos are an integral part of the beauty of body decoration. Patterns include tigers, leopards, elephants, lions, dragons, snakes and other animals or scriptures, gossip, lines and other patterns. Women's clothes are different everywhere. Dai women in Dehong often wear light-colored big-breasted tops, trousers and small waists before marriage, and double-breasted tops and colored or black skirts after marriage. Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear tight underwear such as white, striped or sky blue, long-breasted or double-breasted round neck narrow sleeves, and their lower bodies are mostly long skirts of different colors. Dai women everywhere are very particular about hair accessories. Most young women tie their hair to the top of their heads, and some people tie their hair to the back of their heads. On weekdays, not only wear a handkerchief or a comb in your hair, but also wear a headscarf in cold weather. If it is a festive occasion, girls especially like to put flowers and perfume in their hair styles, and then put on exquisite dresses made of satin, nylon, corduroy and gold velvet. Make them feel more attractive. Every time I take a bath by the well by the river, I am slim. The slim Dai girl, with bright black hair behind her head and a silver belt between her tight coat and floral skirt, is slim and graceful, just like the charm of a classical lady.

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Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear all kinds of tight underwear, tight collarless short sleeves, colorful tube skirts, one foot long, and delicate silver belts; Some Dai women in Dehong also wear colorful big skirts and jackets, while others (such as Luxi and Yingjiang) wear white or other light-colored big-breasted jackets, trousers and embroidered waists, and then change to double-breasted jackets and skirts after marriage. The "Huayao Dai" in Xinping and Yuanjiang areas wore cardigans and black skirts, which were decorated with colorful strips of cloth and silver bubbles to form various patterns, which were dazzling. Dai women like to wear long hair and tie it on their heads. Some of them are decorated with combs or flowers, some are wearing headscarves, some are wearing tall cylindrical hats, and some are wearing hats, each of which is beautiful and quite unique. Dehong Dai women's clothing is different from others. When they were girls, they usually wore white or crimson blouses and trousers with pigtails tied on their heads and a small waist. After marriage, they put on double-breasted tops and skirts. The hair styles of Dai women in Dehong area are also different. Young women wear their hair on their heads, while middle-aged and elderly women wear a tall black hat.

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Because the villages where Dai people live are rich in bamboo, they not only use bamboo to build quiet and elegant dry fence houses and make various household appliances, but also use thin bamboo strips to weave colorful bamboo hats and waist reeds as accessories.

Distinctive national characteristics

Dai people, both men and women, always like to carry a shoulder bag (handkerchief) made of cotton thread on their shoulders when they go out. The satchel is brightly colored, simple in style, and has strong life color and national characteristics. The patterns are rare birds and animals, flowers and trees or geometric figures, which are vivid and realistic. Each pattern contains specific contents, such as: red and green are to commemorate ancestors; Peacock pattern indicates good luck; Elephant patterns symbolize harvest and a better life; It fully shows the Dai people's yearning and pursuit of a better life. They often weave peacock and elephant patterns on skirts, bags, quilts, cushions, curtains, towels and other daily necessities, and each pattern color is given a specific content.